Green from the Inside Out returns!
Sunday, January 31st, 2010After a holiday break, Green from the Inside Out (formerly Green from the Ground Up) returned for two January events: one at the historic Arsenal in Central Park, and another at the 14th Street Y. Residential building owners, managers, board members, and tenants learned about rooftop solar power, recycling, energy efficiency, white roofs, and green retrofit financing options from experts including Christina Salvi of the Office of Recycling Outreach & Education, Larsen Plano of the Community Environmental Center, Bruce Dale and Richard Conley from the Community Preservation Corporation, and Solar One’s very own Chris Neidl and Max Joel. Attendees also got the chance to get technical with vendors of green products and services, and to connect with local environmental groups. Afterward, many of the more than one hundred individuals who attended said they were ready to push for green action in their buildings. A Manhattan building owner set the goal of “greening my property within the next two years” and a coop board member promised to “create a ‘green’ coop letter to better inform our co-shareholders!”
The next Green from the Inside Out will be held February 27 at the Interpretive Center at Clay Pit Ponds Park Preserve in Staten Island. More information is available here.
Below: NYSERDA Energy $mart Communities Coordinator Max Joel discusses ways to save energy in apartment buildings.
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Solar One NYC Energy Policy Research internship- now accepting applications!
Thursday, January 21st, 2010See your work on the “Under the Sun” blog! Solar One is looking for an intern to research and write about energy policy and its impact on New York City’s communities for our website. Full position description.
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NYSERDA’s GREAT APPLIANCE SWAP OUT FEBRUARY 12 through 21
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Receive a cash rebate by purchasing a new ENERGY STAR® qualified refrigerator, freezer or clothes washer! New ENERGY STAR® refrigerator, freezer or clothes washer purchase must replace an existing appliance. Plus recycling your old, existing appliances of the same type, makes you eligible for the maximum rebate.
Click here for more information, or visit the official website:
www.nyapplianceswapout.com
Posted in Energy, Energy $mart Communities, Energy Efficiency, New York City, NYSERDA, Recycling, Sustainability | Permalink
NYSERDA’s GREAT APPLIANCE SWAP OUT FEBRUARY 12 through 21
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010| February 12, 2010 12:00 am | to | February 21, 2010 11:59 pm |
Receive a cash rebate by purchasing a new ENERGY STAR® qualified refrigerator, freezer or clothes washer! New ENERGY STAR® refrigerator, freezer or clothes washer purchase must replace an existing appliance. Plus recycling your old, existing appliances of the same type, makes you eligible for the maximum rebate.
Click here for more information, or visit the official website:
www.nyapplianceswapout.com
Posted in Energy, Energy $mart Communities, Energy Efficiency, New York City, NYSERDA, Recycling, Solar One Events, Sustainability | Permalink
Empire State Feed-In Tariff: A Policy to Make New York a Clean Energy Capital
Friday, January 15th, 2010| February 4, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Presented by Solar One and the New York Solar Energy Society.
Thursday, February 4, 2010, 6:30-9:30
The Cooper Union Great Hall, 41 Cooper Square, NYC (map)
PROGRAM
Opening address by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi and State Senator Antoine Thompson
Expert panel discussion featuring
- John Burges, Managing Director, Knight Capital Markets (New York, NY)
- Deborah Doncaster, Executive Director, Community Power Fund (Ontario, CA)
- Nils Mellquist, Senior Research Analyst, Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors (New York, NY)
- Wilson Rickerson, President, Rickerson Energy Strategies (Boston, MA)
Moderated by Chris Neidl, Advocacy Coordinator, Solar One.
Networking reception: 8:30–9:30
ABOUT
The world’s most advanced and profitable clean energy markets didn’t come to lead by accident. Rather, strategic commitments to long-term financial incentive policies that are designed to drive investment and rapidly scale viable, clean technologies directly account for their dominance.
The feed-in tariff is the policy approach that has proven to be the most effective in stimulating clean power adoption, generating jobs and driving down costs. Widely adopted in Europe and now emerging in force across North America, feed-in tariffs enable clean power generators of various sizes, deploying a variety of technologies, to sell their power over the long–term at rates that guarantee attractive and predictable returns.
In this event members of the New York State Legislature will join a prestigious panel of policy experts, financiers and clean energy investors from throughout North America to illustrate the case for a local Empire State Feed-In Tariff. The policy’s implications for investment and finance will form the core of the discussion, and recently introduced feed-in tariff legislation will be analyzed in reference to case studies from around the globe.
Cost: $30
Reserve your spot through secure payment here or RSVP and pay at the door: email: wyldon1@gmail.com
Contact/Press: Christopher Neidl, neidl@solar1.org
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